Princess cruises ScholarShip at Sea program offers several courses during sea days for passengers to improve their skills or learn new ones. Imagine, for example, learning to use your digital camera to take professional-quality photos of your cruise. Or perhaps creating a hand-painted vase in the first ceramics studio at sea. Choose from up to 40 classes on every voyage including everything from scrapbooking to wine tasting. 

Culinary Arts
Get ready for a tantalizing tour of the world of fine food. Put your chef’s hat on and learn the secrets of preparing a spectacular array of mouth-watering gourmet specialties served onboard with our culinary arts courses. They feature entertaining demonstrations from guest chefs as well as our own onboard experts — with recipes to take home. The culinary demonstrations onboard are excellent! They are free of charge and last about an hour. You are taught to make an appetizer, main dish and dessert each in 20 minutes. At the end of the presentation, you can take a galley tour. Foodies Beware, on 7 day cruises, many times they only offer 1 cooking presentation the first sea day. I missed it on my last cruise thinking they would offer it again, so check your cruise programs. Other demonstrations throughout the cruise included Martini “mixology” and an ice carving demonstration.

 
Wine Tasting
Whether you’re a beginner looking to learn the basics of wine tasting, or a connoisseur interested in expanding your knowledge, our onboard wine tasting seminars should be on your schedule. These fun and fascinating adventures in the exciting world of wine offer a wonderful opportunity to make new friends as you taste superb selections hand-picked by our cellar master. This seminar is $9.50 pp Elite Captain Circle Members receive a coupon for free wine tasting. The last day at sea there is normally also a Maitre D’Hotel Wine Club: Members of this elite club are invited to sample prestigious wines from the top-end of Princess Cruises’ renowned wine cellars served with deluxe canapés to compliment each premium wine. This seminar is offered at $25 pp including unique wine offers. You must book in advance as space is limited. You can ask your wait staff for assistance.

Scrapbooking@Sea

Learn to capture your cruise memories forever in a fabulous scrapbook or memory album. The first such program of its kind at sea, scrapbooking provides a fun social atmosphere where you’ll discover how to create a wonderfully personal keepsake of your Princess vacation. An introductory course is free of charge and teaches you basic tools like page design, journaling and other helpful hints. More in-depth courses are available with a purchase of our special Princess Scrapbooking Kit. These classes offer additional tips and clever ideas to craft your own pages while using our available decorative papers, die-cut machines and more! The introductory class is free, and then fees vary based on materials used, but do not exceed $25 pp

 

Photography@Sea

Whether you’re an amateur or intermediate photographer, here’s your chance to learn how to achieve professional results. With Photography@Sea, you can develop or enhance your picture-taking skills with fun hands-on courses in everything from basic techniques to new digital technology. Taught by our professional photography staff, courses include Introduction to Photography, Using and Setting Your Digital Camera, Photo Digital and Film Basics, or Creative Photography. You’ll also learn exciting travel photo techniques that you can use to capture more memorable images of your cruise.

Ceramics@Sea
Get creative and have fun with your own hand-painted design on unique pre-made ceramic pieces — fired in the cruise industry’s first onboard kilns! Choose a mug, a plate or a bowl, and add your own creative touch, then we’ll fire it in our kilns. By voyage end, you’ll have a one-of-a-kind souvenir! In addition, exclusively on Island Princess® and Coral Princess,® a wet-clay pottery program includes specialized wheel-throwing classes. Prices range from $15 to $30 including all paints, utensils, unlimited paint time, firing and finishing of each piece.

Computers@Sea
Is there a computer program you’ve always wanted to learn, but never had the time? Our popular series of classes makes it easy to improve your computer skills. Whether it’s your first time on a computer or you’re an experienced user, we have a class to match your skills and engage your interests. Computers@Sea offers lessons suitable for all ages, providing informative and individualized attention. Photo editing, create a slide show using Power Point, Word & Excel all cost $25 per class. A lab top is provided to each participant so that you can learn hands on.